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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-01
CutJHis Throat.

LITTLE Rock, August 27.-Yesterday
afternoon, while on the way home from
Brinkley, Ark, G. M. D. Shelton had a
difficulty with S. P. Forbes, whom he met
on the road. The latter got his throat
cut, from which he died in few minutes.
Shelton has some knife wounds, but they
are not considered dangerous. Both are
prominent citizens and near neighbors.
Shelton surrendered.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-01
JEWELS OF COST.

Onyx link bracelets are still in favor.
Mussel shells Of silver make unique salt
holders
Chainwork collarettes are now being worn
to great extent.
Lawn tennis rackets Of oxidizsd silver are
fashionable lace pins.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-01
SENATOR CULLOM.
His Views on Amending the Interstate
Commerce Law.

His Views on Amending the Interstate
Commerce Law.
CHICAGO, August 27.-Sen ator Cullom is
in the city. He refuses to talk politics,
but said in reference to his interstate COM
MERGE bill
"Under the law the interstate commits
sion is charged with the duty of reporting
suggestions and amendments to the act to
the secretary of the interior, who will then
report them to congress. anticipate that
certain amendments will be suggested, as
the practical working of the law has shown
it to possess few minor defects. That
was to be expected, as it was not matter
how perfect in theory it may be, the
moment it is put into practice there are
certain to be some whom it will hurt in
one way or another. Now, the other day
l had talk with one of the biggest car
riage and wagon manufacturers In the
country, and he was very bitter against
the bill because it shut off free passes.
He said before the bill become law the
railroads furnished him with blank passes,
and when any of his customers wanted to
90 to Chicago or to visit his factory
in an adjoining state, all he
had to do was to fill out a pass
and the thing was settled. 1 replied
to him that that was one Eof the benefcent
features of the bill. And under the old
system he was given advantage over the
small fellows in his business. They could
not stand up against it, and that eventu-
ally they would be crushed out and he de-
rive benefit at their expense. Where the
bill hurts, it Is Objectionable, but on the
other hand, there are thousands who are
benefited. Now think we will always
have bill of the kind on our statute
books, but look for modification from
time to time as circumstances require.
The interstate commerce bill has come to
ct
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-01
Accident on q Belt Road.

CHATTANOOGA, August PA serious ac-
cident occurred on the Belt railroad, in
the eastern suburbs of this city, yester-
day, which was caused by collision be-
tween passenger and freight train.
About thirty persons we're on board the
passenger train, and all of them were
more or less injured. Two of the injured
were badly hurt int ernally.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-01
Horrible Outrage.
Special Telegram to the Statesman.

Special Telegram 70 tne otHte5InaH
HEMpsTEAD, August 27.-News reached
here to day that, at his home, eight miles
northeast of Hampstead, in Reid's Prairie,
John Schultz, an old German, was taken
taken out, whipped, hanged and burned
by parties who were endeavoring to make
him tell where his money was. Schultz is
badly hurt and will die from the effects of
his treatment. He says he knows who the
parties are but has not told.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-01
WASHINGTON NOTES
INVITED BY DETROIT.

WASHINGTON, August PA committee
from Detroit, consisting of Mayor M. H.
Chamberlain, Comptroller W. B. Moran
and Ira Metcalf, waited upon the presi-
dent this morning, and extended cordial
invitation for him and Mrs. Cleveland to
visit the city of Detroit during his western
trip in October. The president received
them pleasantly, but declined to commit
himself on the subject, further than to
intimate that it would be almost impossi-
BILE to change the plans already made.
ORDERS TO GENERAL CROOK.
WASHINGTON, August 27.-Orders have
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-01
THE VOTE IN THE HOUSE.
NEW RUSSIAN LOAN,
BULGARIA.
OPPOSING FERDINAND,

SOFIA, August 27.-Prince Ferdinand
received kilograms from both the sultan
and the ozar. The message of the sultan
is moderate in tone, but states that his
assumption of the Bulgarian throne was
an illegal act, and constitutes breach of
the Berlin treaty. The czar's communion
ton is decidedly imperative, 1t declares
that Russia disapproves OF Prince Ferdi-
nand's action, and deems it gross viola
ton of the treaty.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-01
Sir Johns Diepatch.

MINNEApoL1s, August PA Winnipeg
special says
"Sir John Macdonald telegraphs an
official denial of the report that. British
regulars will be sent to Manitoba. Grad
ing will be finished Oh the Red River
Valley road by next Tuesday, and if there
is no hitch the road will be in running
order by October"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-01

Next Thursday will occur the annual
academy dinner at Ashfeld, Mass, over
which Professor Charles Eliot Norton will
preside, and at which President Carter, of
Williams college; Bishop Huntington, Mr..
Charles Dudley Warner and Mr.. George
William Curtis will make addresses.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-01

Thomas Adolphus Trollope (Anthony's
elder brother), who has been living in Italy
for forty years, first at Florence and lat
terly at Rome, has decided to pass the re-
msinder of his life in England, and he has
purchased house in Devonshire. He has
just completed his "Reminiscences"
which will be published in few months.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-01
Sentence COMMITTED.

COLUMBIA, s. c., August Ex-Governor
Richardson has COMMITTED the sentence of
Oxey Cherry, the 12-year old girl convicted
of murder and sentenced to be hanged in
September, to imprisonment in the peni-
Tertiary for five years. The girl was con-
victed of killing 2-year old white child
by administering dose of concentrated
lua
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-01

Ex-Speaker Galusha A. Grow, who Sc
cured the passage of the homestead law,
has received cane bearing this inscrip-
ton: To the Hon. Galusha A. Grow,
Speaker of Congress 1878. This cane
grew on the first homestead in the United
States. Presented by the first home
steader, Daniel Freeman, Beatrice, Neb.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-01
Another Earthquake.

COLUMBIA, S. G., August PA little
after ~ O'Clock this morning an earth
quake shock occurred here, accompanied
by the usual roar and lasting some seq
onds. At four minutes after O'Clock a
second and heavier shock was felt. The
motion was undulatinp.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-01
Death of Mrs. FarwelI.

CHICAGO, August 27.-Mrs. Nancy Jack
son Farwell, the venerable mother of
United States Senstol 2. B. Farwell and
John V. Farwell, died at Sterling, ILL.,, yes
terdsy, at the age of 80 years.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-01

plicity of the presidents present life. He
says: "The president looked like far
mer in love with his business when I pre-
scented myself to him." Now look out for
howl about Cleveland's designs on the
granger vote.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-01

j.. F. Riley, a Washington newspaper
man, was arrested in Omaha the other day
on the supposition that he was James N.
Taggart, the defaulting and missing teller
of the Union Trust company, Of this
city.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-01

Croquet as a scientific game, Is made as
difficult as possible, with arches barely
wide enough for the balls to pass and rules
of the severest order. 1t is said to be
popular this summer with experts, proba-
bly, more so than with ordinary players.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-01
Declined.

New York, August 27.-Slyvanus 81.
Sweet, united labor candidate for state
engineer and surveyor, has declined. He
says he knows nothing about the labor
party.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-01
AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT7

Of the success of Hoods Sarsaparilla is
the fact that every purchaser receives
fair equivalent for his money. The ia
miliar headline, 400 Doses One Dollar"
stolen by imitators, is original with and
trse only of Hoods Sarsaparilla. This
can easily be proven by anyone who de-
sires to test the matter. For real econ
my, buy only Hoods Sarsaparilla. Sold
by all druggists.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-01
SPAIN.
INDIGNANT CUBANs,

MADRID, August 27.-Dispatches from
Cuba say that popular demonstrations
are being held to express indignation at
the governments action in Diminishing
General Salamanca from the captain
generally. Riots are feared.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-01

The Japanese Professor Nishigava is at
present studying the German art of beer
brewing at its source, in Munich, where
he has spent as many as eight days in
one brewery.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-01
Death of Biahop Elliott.

NASHVILLE, August 27.--A special from
Sewanee, Tenn, says the Right Rev. W.
B. Elliott, bishop of western Texas, died
there last night after protracted ILL
ness.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-01

Beyliss W. Hanna, United States minis
ter to the Argentine Republic, recently
called on President Cleveland at Oak
View, and was delighted with the sim
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-01
ENGLAND.
ANOTHER ATTEMPT.

LONDON, August 27.-It is reported in
Berlin that a fresh attempt to kill the ozar
was made on the goth inst.
THE VOTE IN THE HOUSE.
LONDON, August Pin the vote on Mr..
Gladstone's motion in reference to the
proclamation of the National league, in
the house of commons last evening, nine
liberal unionists supported Mr.. Gladstone,
and seventeen other members of the party
were absent and impaired. Mr.. Gladstone
has gone to Haywarden.
NEW RUSSIAN LOAN.
LONDON, August 27.-It is reported on
the Stock exchange that a new Russian
loan of e6,0OO,000 has been negotiated in
Paris.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-01

II you have catarrh, use the surest rem
edy-Dr. Sages.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-02-28

Uncle Bob Hardtack was telling the
writer his experience in crossing the
plains coming TO California in 40.
1--WE started out all right from old
Pike with a dern splendid OK team,
and got along we'll enough coming up
the Platte, but afore we got to Sweet
water we lost half of our team. We
had to throw away one thing after the
other to Tighten the load, and when
we got to Salt Lake the dern Mormons
and their Iniun friends gin us the
devil. pa
FINALLY we got to almost hatin'
each other. We had told orr little
stories over and C,ver again. and could
not think of ANYTHING new 10 talk
about. For days We come along plum
worn out, hardly speakin' civil word
from morning TO night, each ready
for a growl or any kind of meanness.
On trip like that, me boy, if there's
any dog in u mans disposition the
hairs bound to Stick out D. Iirgi,sia
city (Ner.) Efte,prise.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-02-28
Hard Mood Floors.

If you have hardwood floors, or the
simply stained and shellacked pine,
the whole beauty and freshness of the
room Will depend on their being kept
bright and free from DUST sweep
ing with Il hair broom every morning
and washing once week viii secure
this, except in long dry spells, or if there
is much coal dust in winter, when a
damp cloth must follow the broom when
the latter Is insufficient to remove the
dusty appearance, but never ill1this or
any other case allow the damp cloth to
replace Il broom. Too many servants
think they need not sweep floors or oil
cloth if they are going to wash if, the
result is 4 cloudy. balf-cleanea look
Once ina while, every fourthsweek per-
maps, the water used for washing stain-
ed or hardwood floors should be hot.
and have tablespoonful of turpentine
and the same of oil in it, the cloth be
wrung out OF this and used to wipe the
floors. Light-wood floors, ash. etc,
are frightened by the use of SKINNED
milk instead of water catherine OaCea
tie GOOD Ho,test4Djm. t
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-02-28
WIT AND uUMOR.

"Youf Horror pleaded the con-
l,.inncd man, win you put my cxecu-
tim for Thursday instead of Friday?".
"Why?' inquired the Judge. BE
raus" Friday is such an upiueky day"
-.Feir York Sua.
Wifp-.I don't see how you can say
THAI Mr. Whiteehokai has an effemin1
ATE way II talking. he has Il very
loud, voice.. Husband IL mean by
an e.s;nfinase way OF talking, my dear,
THAI he talks Ill tilc iinle. '--Harpe,'s
DeSar.
a SNyi.s law coRpels every newly
married couple 10 plant trees shortly
after, The ceremony OF mayfiagc. The
pine and the weeping willow are pre-
stribei out tie nirth Is allo~ed AS be-
ials prospect rtlt- Observation-Disclosures
i4f9rGm 4
0rthodox Sund3y.scho0i Teacher TO
sIoiiI boy lyon kitaw, jt!taliie, there
j. hot',ing you ear tn aS of that God
could MOI do if IL wished. Johnnie
{:;n nnHitting ceol':t;oiist9 -@-"C Could
Tie make hie a 2-,G,str-0id colt IN ten
in:mtleSs'l-Ncis (9f5 ffibWie.
fem -I,ararrit.. cona,e into the house,
ard III show YOU tie game ! 5agged
yesterday. Thought 9aai'd ike to sec
Il hefprd it was dressed" Carrie
1.aiced. ! shouldn't You ought to
~ ashamed of yolsolf to think of
s1cii a thing - Boston, transcript.
Yes" nc .aid 10 the yogng lady
WHO'S" good opinion he was anxious to
eapt,re. YES. indeed, b. lictc that
Young men shon,d be economical. ="
so DO H. she aqlcntly replied; but
then fried oysters occasionally can
,l,aissh-5 he called extgayagance. -
.'r,.'.l,ti.e'sc tyhir CIR
agoMrsg Waybaebs TO husband, who has
h.'r-cs,ht ho'nc 4 verse Of poetry with
the i:thorY yign4si.t attached lis
this fuSt edsss poe,tlY, Jobn2 Mr, Way-
simek Enthusiastically sFust class
.poesrte y hcrld sss 4 was. got
.t.ifs,i1 sliHia Ri. ,in & r;;ai The
.fesLisa erpote i: ssisll Ais Iotr.-Lye.
Neap.iy merchant sghat' You
heta ae4in.c y ~ < ijqfs.ls YOU down
stairs and oatsi 1sts.th,s II t..st this MORN
j3;t y3u i.nlr;9 ~ follow. Peddiel'
- ~ ,iaf NJ ;';.t s1'fndil mem
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-02-28
Self-Riade Cinnamon.

In the matter of education the CHI
nese are very differently off from what
Europeans are led 10 infer, saws 4
writerin the London Post. It's rare
thing TO find Chinaman who cannot
read and write his own language. Out
of more than hundred that | have en-
ployed at different times have only
found two who could not sign their
names. This is very extraordinary
thing at first sight, but when one has
visited China the fact is easily explain
ed and understood. The truth is that
by education it is open for any lad,
unless he be the son of an actor or a
criminal-both stand in the same light
and rank in Climate rise from the
lowliest degree 10 the estate of man
DARN Take, for instance. the exami-
nations which are periodically held in
the great university OF Canton. Here
Is huge building, or rather congelies
OF buildings, comprised in vast OBJ
long space walled in. At one end of
the space is the examining hall; the
rest of the spaee'is covered over with a
multitude oflittle cells-about 1000 in
niinlber,- / beheye--which are allotted
TO the students whenever they have re-
'ceived their papers for examination.
Exit from the place is impossible; when
the student has got his papers he must
remain in the cell and finish the an
sSFers. At length the time comes to
hand the answers in to the. examiners,
and, this being over. the students 90
home to await the result Till such a
time as this is announced all are in a
state of the greatest possible excite
ment. 1t is known that the cxamina-
ton is absolutely fair.
1t so Glanced when was at Canton
that the result of an examination not
long before held was daily expected.
One morning the comprador, or Chi
nese buyer for an English firm of meg
chants with whom ] was acquainted,
rushed into the front office of the firm,
and in almost an ecstacy of excite
ment threw himself on the floor. For q
moment he was speechless, and then
being assisted to rise he gasped out
that his son had that morning been de-
clared head Of the list, and was going
To be sent up as one of the first three
students to Pekin, there to. receive IA
mandarin's button and high official
appointment. The poor father was so
overwhelmed with the honor which his
son had thus gained that il was with
difficulty he could be claimed. and,
indeed, he continued in this state Of
scmi-frenzy all through that day. The
honor. indeed, was a great one bat it
was one to which any Chinese lad. no
matter of what degree except he be-
lonsed, as | have said, to the playing
on convicted classcs--n ght aspire, and
to this fact | attribute the very general
edui@tion which prevails All over Chi
ma
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-02-28

The English fish commission has re-
Gently presented T. the Knitted States
government 4 lafge iiurnbcr ii English
sole5. The A,le will thrive in til, coun-
try. and il l;trge nursery tau, al Isles
hatchery has been prepared for the re-
ception of the gift Soine of the fish
died in transportation, but fifty Of them
have been placed IN the tank, and the
young fish win scatter along the coast
from Maize to the capes OF the Della
ware.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-02-28

was envy that moved her or desire to
become better acquainted could not be
determined. Beginning with to-day,
Bohu viii be at home in her new house
TO all callers. -New York Times.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-26
German Government, Printing.

The German Imperial Printing Office
at Berlin employs ninety-fve artists
and artists assistants, and the work.
men, apprentices, lads and girls num-
Der 77O. The amount of work turned
out there in the interest of the Govern
ment is enormous. The different Ger
man and Prussan Government officers
absorb in common printings about
120,000,OO0 sheets; the post and tele-
graph, $4,000, 900 sheets and 60,000,0 900
forms, cards, etc. The number of
notes, etc., from the thousand-mark
note down to the lowest-priced post
stamp, printed during the last business
year at the Imperial Office amounted to
LIS, $50, 600, of the value of 1853, ,900,-
600 marks, which gives an average OF
7,700,0 900 marks per diem All the peo-
pie working in the "value depart
ments" have to remain the whole day
on the premises and to take their meals
there, for which purpose kitchen has
been established, where they get theii
food at reasonable prices, the profits OF
which are every year distributed among
its customers.-N. Y. Post.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-26
FARM AND ElREsIpE.

Gut cold hominy or hasty pudding
into thin slices, dip each piece into we'll
beaten egg and fry on a griddle.
A correspondent Of the Country
Gentleman who has good success with
poultry, feeds wheat, all they will eat,
with scalded cornmeal when they were
small.
To remove paper labels from old
bottles, wet the face of the label with
water, and hold 1t for an instant over
any convenient flame. The steam pene-
trates the label at once, and softens the
paste.
Sudden changes Of the weather
cause disease among fowls much sooner
than long-continued cold or warm
weather. Roup, very contagious dis
ease, is usually due to dampness. Chi
cdg0 Journal.
An English recipe for removing the
turnip flavor from butter, when the
cows are fed principally on turnips, con-
| sists of one ounce of nitre dissolved in
twenty ounces of water, putting n table,
spoonful in each gallon of milk.
Never set the lamp upon red
table cover; If you can not find time to
make green lamp-mat, put piece OF
green cardboard under the lamp, and
you will find the reflection upon your
work much more agreeable to the eyes
than that from the red cover.
TO brighten and polish nickel-plat.
ing and prevent rust, apply rouge with
little fresh lard or lard-oil on q wash.
leather or q piece of buckskin. Rub
the bright parts, using as little of the
rouge and oil as possible; wipe off with
a clean rag slightly oiled. Repeat the
wiping every day, and the polishing a.
often as necessary.
MIR. A. r. Whitney, the grea
orchardist of Northern Illinois. advise.
the following for rabbits gnawing apple
trees: One-fourth bushel of lime, one
half pound copperas, one pound cheal
glue. Add the glue and the coppera
to the lime, after shaking it. Apply il
fall of each years. The cost is only one
sixteenth that of tarred paper, and il
reported more effectual.
Cream Clipped Beef: Shave bee
very thin, freshen by placing in COLI
water and bringing to q scalding heat
pour off water, add a piece of butte
washed free from salt, little pepper
let fry few minutes, then add one
half a teacupful of sweet cream, il
which you have stirred one teaspoonfn
of corn starch. Simmer five minute
and serve very hot.-Eachange.
Golden Pudding: Half pound o
bread-crumbs, quarter of u pound o
suet, quarter of pound of mar
malade, quarter of a pound of sugar
four eggs; mix the suet and bread
crumbs in a basin, finely minced, stil
all the ingredients well together
beat the eggs to froth; when vel
mixed put into mold or butteret
basin, tie down with q Toured cloth ant
boil two hours. Serve with powdered
sugar over it.-Good Housekeeper.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-26
THE CANARY BIRD.
History of It's First Appearance In Europe
In the Year 1478.

History OF Its First Appearance In Europe
In the Year 1478.
The first hint that can be found in
Europe of the fOrbears of our yellow
faworites, who discourse sweet music"
to US winter and summer alike, is in
Spain, where we are told that, in 1478,
some specimens were brought by Henry
the Navigator, on his return from one
of his voyages, during which he had
landed at the Canary Islands. Though
very unlike most of the canaries we
now see in cages, Qor in color they
rather resembled the linnet, gray
shading into green on the breast,) they
soon were sought after for their song,
and high prices were paid for them by
the Spanish ladies. The Spanish bird
fanciers soon began to breed from them,
and as only the cocks, or singing
birds were for some time brought
to Europe they now and then conveyed
some of the cocks to the Canary Islands
to act as decoys for the female birds.
1t is said that these travelled birds were
very healthy. The Spaniards were
song bird, and for long period cana
ries were to be had only from Spain at
high prices. In 1922 book was written
about them and published in Rome, and
in it we read that accident, and not gem
erosity, put an end to that monopoly.
A ship that carried a consignment Of
canaries on board was wrecked on the
Italian coast, and many of the birds es-
Gaping flew to the Island of Elba, where
the climate suited them very well and
they bred and fourished. The Italians
soon found this out, and were SO eager
for the birds that in the course of some
years they were exterminated there, but
not till the Italians had produced some
good breeds. AS the Italians were not
quite so secretive MS the Spaniartls, the
people in the Tyrol soon shared the
knowledge and passed it on to the Ger
mans and other Northern nations. al
Tie Year Round
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-26

1880 r. 7. LEONARD, Hamburg, Pa, wrote:
Had severe inflammatory rheumatism TO,
weeks, few applications of st. Jacobs Oil
cured me-" Oct. 10, 1886, he writes: "Con-
firm statement; was entirely cured" Price
fifty cents. Sold by Druggists
Mark A. Miller, Trav. Agent Erie r. R.,
writes: "Suffered with pleuro- pneu-
monia; one bottle of Red Star Cough Cure
ensured my recovery" At Druggists.